Kathmandu Aug 3 (IANS) Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Thursday congratulated his newly appointed Pakistani counterpart Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
In the message Deuba expressed his willingness to work closely with Abbasi to further strengthen relations between the two South Asian countries reports Xinhua news agency.
On Tuesday Abbasi a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader was elected the country s 18th Prime Minister after he won the National Assembly election with a majority vote five days after the Supreme Court disqualified his predecessor Nawaz Sharif.
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